Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 369 Survival After a Cut
Zhang Wuxun moved very quickly, and after six hours of continuous, rapid travel, he finally arrived at the back of the Qilin's neck.

After clearing out a space, Zhang Wu found a spot to sit down and rest, taking out food from his spatial storage to replenish his energy.

While eating, he mentally calculated the route he had taken and the time it took Wu Xiaoxie and Fatty to enter the mountain.

Based on the complete ancient building model seen on the basement floor of the early ancient building, it can be inferred that the Zhang Family Ancient Building complex was extremely large in scale.

If expanded proportionally, its land area would be equivalent to a modern residential community of tens of thousands of square meters, and it would be divided into several parts.

The first part is the ancient building at the bottom of the lake, the second part is the burial building located at the eye of the Qilin that they have already entered, and there are other parts as well.

This place is so huge that the burial building occupies only a tiny corner of the Zhang Family Ancient Building.

Around the burial complex, there are many towers that were expanded from the mountain caves, and what they stored inside is now unknown.

There are other buildings built by the Zhang family deep in the mountains, such as the stone hall with many wooden bed frames, and there may be many similar buildings.

The only secret hidden in the Four Sisters Mountain is the door to the Zhang Family Burial Tower. The entrances to the other towers may be hidden in some corner of the burial tower, or they may have been completely sealed off when it was built, making it impossible to enter.

The heart of the Qilin extends even deeper underground, containing the richest jade vein in all of Mount Banna. That is likely the place where the Miluotuo King rests, but the location of the Miluotuo King after awakening is not fixed.

As mentioned in the original storyline, after Wu Xiaoxie and Fatty entered the tunnel indicated by the collapsed shoulder, they used a flashlight covered with green cloth to illuminate a flying fairy with a bun shaped like a pheasant on her head inside the jade wall. This was completely different from the shadows of the other Miluotu in the rock wall.

The thing even crawled out of the jade vein, extending a large, fleshy tentacle covered in black hair, as if it were spying on them, trying to sneak up behind Wu Xiaoxie and the others. Fortunately, the fat man spotted it in time, and the two of them escaped unharmed.

That's why Zhang Wuxun said that the Miluo Tuo King ran very fast and its location kept changing. It could reach any place with a jade vein, even the edge of a mountain.

Judging from the timeline, Wu Xiaoxie and his companion should have already found the entrance to the ancient building by the collapsed shoulder, encountered the strange Miluo Tuo, and found the stone cave at the end of the tunnel, where they picked up Xiaohua's phone from a crevice in the rocks.

The phone was originally left by Xiaohua in the place where they were trapped after entering, to leave a message for those who entered later. However, it was carried to the head of the Qilin by the constant changes and circulation of the jade vein.

Xiao Hua and Pan Zi were among the first to encounter the Miluotuo King, but Zhang Wuxun accidentally lit a bomb, luring the big guy away.

The series of events that Zhang Wuxun encountered were almost exactly the same as what was described in the mobile phone video.

Because he had initially calculated the approximate route that Xie Yuchen and his group would take, Zhang Wuxun planned to plant a bomb at the lower back of Qilin. The further away the bomb was, the later he would set the detonation time, so that after he left, the heat from the explosion would still draw the entire Miluotuo area away from Xie Yuchen and his group to the edge of the area.

Then, as planned, he lured the remaining Miluotuo towards the Qilin's right forelimb, but in the process, he was unknowingly caught in a trap.

This was not because King Miluotuo controlled his consciousness with special sound waves, but because he was led to the location of King Miluotuo while chasing Miluotuo.

Because his sensing range is limited and the area he can cover is not wide, he has to place bombs in places with a relatively large number of Miluotuo. So, in this vast mountain range, it's as if he's being carried along by Miluotuo.

As a result, he was led by Miluotuo to the heart of the Qilin in their lair, where Zhang Wuxun encountered the infinitely terrifying being from his nightmares.

Realizing that the presence of King Miluotuo, as he had initially speculated, was indeed present, Zhang Wuxun immediately decided to change his plans.

His original plan was to lure Miluotuo away so that when Xie Yuchen and Pan Zi arrived at the ancient building, the strong alkali mechanism would not be activated.

They came in to rescue people; their goal was clear, and they would leave once they had done so, so they wouldn't see anything they shouldn't have.

After Zhang Wuxun led Miluotuo away, he rushed to join them, and in the end, everyone was able to leave together.

But now the plan has changed, and Zhang Wuxun is afraid that things will really turn out as he dreamed, with the King of Miluotuo killing all the people he wants to protect. That dream is like a shackle tightly locked in his heart.

Pan Ma once said that Xiao Ge would kill Wu Xie. Although Xiao Ge didn't say it, he was actually very concerned.

Zhang Wuxun wasn't sure if the dream was a premonition of the future. Even if it was just a vague dream, Zhang Wuxun still didn't dare to gamble. He was afraid that his attempt to change the outcome would kill everyone.

He couldn't rest easy until he saw them all leave the ancient building unharmed.

Just as he was getting anxious, he suddenly noticed a safe house covered by volcanic rock on the map, which was the stone hall where the Pixiu mechanism was located. He immediately had an idea.

This is the only way for Xie Yuchen and his group to reach Zhang Family Ancient Building, and Xie Yuchen is someone who knows when to cut his losses.

As long as Zhang Wuxun leaves enough clues here, he will definitely give up going in after weighing the pros and cons, because he is a qualified leader and he is responsible for the lives of his subordinates.

Knowing that what follows will lead to certain death, reckless and fearless sacrifice will not serve any purpose here, but will only increase casualties.

Xie Yuchen came to Banna for two reasons. First, because of his friendship with Wu Xie. Wu Sanye's whereabouts were unknown, and those old guys in the gang were not to be trifled with. How could Wu Xie, with his small arms, possibly fight against those people? He would probably be swallowed up without a trace.

Even if it's just because of his relationship with Xie Lianhuan, he has to help him out of both reason and emotion.

Secondly, it's for the sake of cooperation. He's a partner who values ​​rules. Since Huo Xiangu is trapped, he needs to find out why and rescue her if he can. Rescuing her would also give Huo Xiuxiu an explanation.

The last reason was that he knew someone had been to Banna a long time ago, and based on a series of clues, he deduced that the person had some connection with the archaeological team that had been in Banna. He wanted to take this opportunity to investigate the matter.

At the same time, he also wanted to know what exactly happened back then that led to Xie Lianhuan becoming the third master of the Wu family, and where the real Wu Sansheng went.

Xie Yuchen's essence is actually quite similar to Wu Xie's, except that compared to Wu Xie's focused and thorough investigation of a matter, his curiosity is more restrained. This is because before being curious, he first assesses the risks and plans for the worst-case scenario. After a series of conspiracy theories, if he finds that something is amiss, he will extricate himself in time. Moreover, he is a person with obsessive-compulsive tendencies and is always cautious, so he will always leave himself an escape route before doing anything.

On the other hand, Wu Xie, as Fatty described him, is like a naive and clever fool who only focuses on the clues in front of him. If no one is with him, he is easily tricked and deceived by people with ulterior motives because he is too trusting of those around him. This is a rare advantage of his, but also a disadvantage.

You have to understand, all the people around him grew up in a cold, treacherous environment where they were constantly on the edge of a knife. It is precisely Wu Xie's wholehearted sincerity that is most likely to touch people's hearts.

It's like a group of foxes and wolves who are wary of each other, and suddenly a naive and innocent little rabbit sneaks in.

The foxes cautiously tested the rabbit time and time again, and finally discovered that the little rabbit really was just a little rabbit, and a little rabbit who knew they were foxes but was still willing to be their friend.

The foxes thought to themselves, "Wow, this little rabbit is so special and cute, we absolutely cannot let him get hurt."

So they started circling around the little rabbit, keeping all dangers at bay.

What they didn't notice was that although the little rabbit was naive, he was very good at observing and learning. When the foxes dealt with things, the little rabbit would take the essence of their methods and learn them with a smile on his face.

Come to think of it, how could a rabbit possibly appear among a bunch of foxes? A wolf can disguise itself as a sheep, and a little fox can disguise itself as a rabbit.

The only one who saw through the little rabbit's true nature from beginning to end was the old fox who lured him into the trap.

Ahem, I've digressed. Let's get back to the topic.

The first step in changing the plan was to use a reason that Xie Yuchen couldn't refuse to stop them here.

With endless dangers and unknowns ahead, Xie Yuchen, knowing that the other objectives could not be completed, would naturally choose to complete only one of them, which was to take away Huo Xiangu's body.

So Zhang Wuxun left a new map here. He gave Xie Yuchen only four hours to lead his men to evacuate, because once the time was up, he would give up holding back Miluotuo in the Jade Vein, and those who couldn't get out could only blame their bad luck.

However, to Zhang Wuxun's utter surprise, Pan Zi did not go out with Xie Yuchen and the others.

Zhang Wuxun's original plan was to have Pan Zi leave Zhang Family Ancient Building ahead of time, so that he could take over the role of the unchangeable factor and safely bring Wu Xie away from here, thus filling in the missing plot and successfully getting through this point. In this way, everyone could get out safely.

He had assumed that even after Wu Sansheng's disappearance, Pan Zi, who already had someone on his mind, would leave smoothly. He had also made it clear in the video that he would go find Wu Xie.

He made many plans, but he overlooked the most admirable and shining quality of Pan Zi himself: his loyalty.

At this moment, Zhang Wuxun was completely unaware of this; he was still diligently and relentlessly pursuing his schemes to seduce Miluotuo.

He glanced at the time on his wristwatch. In another hour, he would have to return to the ancient building to find Wu Xiaoxie and Fatty.

They might run into each other just as they're leading the young man out of the ancient building. After successfully passing through the bell array, this adventure into the Zhang Family Ancient Building will be completely over.

Time ticked by, and Zhang Wuxun planted a final bomb path from the Qilin's right forelimb to its chest. He then immediately set off for the Qilin's head, completely ignoring the deafening explosions.

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At the same time, Xie Yuchen led his men through the jade vein at top speed.

Just as Zhang Wuxun said, he had cleared most of the Miluotuo along this stretch of road, and following the new map, they traveled smoothly.

However, at the same time, Xie Yuchen also discovered the problem in the jade vein. The entire mountain seemed to be the internal structure of a living, giant creature. They were like shuttling through the blood vessels and meridians of this creature, and from time to time, emboli would emerge from the creature's blood vessels, blocking their way.

The jade veins around his body, which were initially cool and solid, gradually began to show signs of melting. With a casual touch, his hands would be covered with a lot of sticky, silky dark green liquid, which looked just like Miluotuo after being melted by fire.

A constant rustling sound emanated from the jade wall, like a death knell, lingering in their ears. They felt as if they were walking through a long, amplified pipe, surrounded by countless invisible figures watching them and whispering, seemingly trying to make them hear something clearly.

They couldn't see what was crawling inside the jade wall, but they instinctively sensed that it was everywhere.

"Speed ​​up, we'll be there in four hours!" Xie Yuchen urged urgently, his face grim.

Fortunately, the surrounding sounds were only following them and not very fast. The reason they couldn't shake them off was because their figures were all inside the jade wall.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint white light finally appeared in the shimmering jade-like color ahead.

"Boss, is that the exit? I think I can hear the sound of rain." Xie San's voice trembled with excitement.

Xie Yuchen paused, his joy barely showing on his face, when he suddenly realized something was wrong. He immediately turned around to look behind him, and his pupils constricted sharply. He exclaimed in shock, "Quick, run! The jade vein is about to close!"

Everyone instinctively turned around and found that the jade veins behind them were closing together at a speed visible to the naked eye. They were stunned for half a second, then reacted and burst into howls, sprinting towards the bright white light at top speed.

"Exit, exit to..." Before the guy in the lead could finish speaking, he suddenly tumbled down and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Even though he realized that it was unsafe ahead, Xie Yuchen was rushing too fast and didn't have time to slow down. Most of his body swayed outwards, and his foot slipped on the edge of the stone and he fell. Fortunately, he reacted in time and grabbed a green vine.

The tender green vine leaves were already soaked by the rain. Xie Yuchen clung tightly to the vine and slid down for five or six meters before regaining his balance. He quickly pulled out a dagger and wedged it into a crevice in the rock, which slowed his descent.

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